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Journal of Virology, April 2001, p. 3802-3810, Vol. 75, No. 8
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.8.3802-3810.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Y2, the Smallest of the Sendai Virus C Proteins, Is Fully Capable of both Counteracting the Antiviral Action of Interferons and Inhibiting Viral RNA Synthesis

Atsushi Kato,1,* Yukano Ohnishi,2 Masayoshi Kohase,1 Sakura Saito,1 Masato Tashiro,1 and Yoshiyuki Nagai3

Department of Viral Diseases and Vaccine Control1 and AIDS Research Center,3 National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011, and Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution, Saitama 331-8367,2 Japan

Received 3 November 2000/Accepted 10 January 2001

An open reading frame (ORF) overlapping the amino-terminal portion of the Sendai virus (SeV) P ORF in the +1 frame produces a nested set of carboxy-coterminal proteins, C', C, Y1, and Y2, which are referred to collectively as the C proteins. The C proteins are extremely versatile triple-role players; they counteract the antiviral action of interferons (IFNs), inhibit viral RNA synthesis, and are involved in virus assembly. In this study, we established HeLa cell lines stably expressing the C, Y1, and Y2 proteins individually and examined the capacities of these cells to circumvent the antiviral action of alpha/beta IFN (IFN-alpha /beta ) and IFN-gamma and to inhibit viral transcription. The assay protocols included monitoring of IFN-alpha /beta -mediated signaling by interferon-stimulated response element-driven reporter gene expression and of the antiviral state induced by IFN-alpha /beta and IFN-gamma and measurement of reporter gene expression from an SeV minigenome, as well as quantification of SeV primary transcripts. When necessary, the activities measured were carefully normalized to the expression levels of the respective C proteins in cells. The data obtained clearly indicate that the smallest protein, Y2, was as active as the C and Y1 proteins in both counteracting the antiviral action of IFNs and inhibiting viral transcription. The data further show that intracellular transexpression of either C, Y1, or Y2 rendered HeLa cells moderately or only poorly permissive for not only wild-type SeV but also 4C(-) SeV, which expressed none of the four C proteins. On the basis of these findings, the roles of SeV C proteins in the natural life cycle are discussed.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Viral Diseases and Vaccine Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Gakuen 4-6-7, Musahi-Murayama, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan. Phone: 81-42-561-0711, ext. 530. Fax: 81-42-567-5631. E-mail: akato{at}nih.go.jp.


Journal of Virology, April 2001, p. 3802-3810, Vol. 75, No. 8
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.8.3802-3810.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.



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